10/27/2026
The Making of the Fall 2026 Brewery Art Walk Poster by Angie Jones
The idea began in 2024, when I created four posters inspired by walking through the Brewery in different seasons. The fall version was selected.
When Lauren asked me to create a new poster for 2026, the BAC wanted a fresh concept. Instead of repeating the feet from 2024 or using the familiar smokestack, I chose the iconic elevated catwalk in the center of the compound, seen through the eyes of someone walking through Art Walk.
I began in Procreate on my iPad, usually late at night in bed while watching a movie. Having lived at the Brewery for 16 years, I wanted to sketch from memory first, rather than be tied to photographs. Later, I found a photo of the catwalk and translated it into bold silhouettes in Illustrator, choosing what to keep, simplify, or leave out. The winding blue path reminded me of the L.A. River.
For the visitor, I found a photo of a man with a backpack, flipped his feet to get the pose I wanted, and redrew him in my own colors and shapes. The BAC asked for artwork instead of a backpack, so I gave him a canvas.
As my mother always said, “Haste makes waste.” Under the deadline, I drew the stretcher bars on the back of the canvas wrong. As a painter, I should know better! I corrected them later.
I also explored a simpler smokestack design and Brewery Art Walk wordmark for the postcard. The committee decided to use the finished poster on its front and requested a black-and-white back, so I echoed the poster’s angular silhouettes.
Finally, after more than 30 years working in animation and visual effects, I wanted to bring the poster to life. I separated the figure, created a walk cycle in Moho 2D animation software, and finished it in Premiere with a bird silhouette flying in the distance, footsteps, and instrumental music.
I used Wondershare UniConverter to pillarbox the vertical 9:16 animation into a 4:5 format for Instagram’s carousel.
Tools: Procreate (iPad), Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Moho, Adobe Premiere Pro, Motion Array, Wondershare UniConverter, and ChatGPT (for organizing ideas and writing this caption).
